leister

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Noun
  • But one bad harpoon season means he’s got to double down on those charters.
    EW.com, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Companies such as Airbus have worked on nets and harpoons that can wrap around or impale objects in space and bring them back down through the atmosphere.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Burtka opted for the likeness of Poseidon the god of the sea, carrying a trident and wearing shelled armor.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The central Texas trident of communities also saw the seventh-largest numeric increase in population between 2022 and 2023.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Chinese Challenges Beyond TikTok Whatever happens to TikTok, there are many more major challenges in U.S.-China economic relations coming down the pike.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • And then, there is what appears to be coming down the pike: the systems that allow for cheap binge shopping come undone.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Along with the connectivity upgrade, these silver spears can pack up to six sensors, whereas earlier generations might have only had one.
    Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Namor can throw his spear from a distance, picking people off, but also spawn little sea creatures that fire at enemies, acting as a summoner-style hero to lock down chokepoints and objectives.
    Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.
    Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.
    WIRED, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Eastwood put on his armor and galloped down a course on Tinkerbell, hitting a practice target with a lance at Hemphill's property.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Lance Leaf Blanket Flower The three-lobed ray petals of lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, give the flowers a unique appearance.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
Noun
  • Some of the gear commonly used for technical climbing, like gaffs—steel spikes worn on the legs for added grip on the tree trunk when cutting branches—can also cause inadvertent damage to the tallest trees.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Dana Taylor: How can people determine the difference between just a normal gaff and when there's actually something wrong?
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Leister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leister. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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